About us

Engineering, the automotive industry and energy – for all these fields BENTELER develops solutions that make the difference. With passion and in close proximity to the customer. With technological expertise and a strong focus on implementation, we keep our promises. We give our all, but we never give up.

Values and tradition

BENTELER has been a player in the market for over 140 years. In this time we have learned and experienced much. What we have always had is the courage to think things differently. The ambition to do our very best day by day. And the respect to work together as equals – with our customers, employees and society.

Progress and innovation

Digitalization is changing the world. Long-term success will come only to those who shape this change openly, actively and courageously. That is what BENTELER does. And our customers benefit from it.

Our employees

A company is the sum total of its employees. They are the most important garantor of success. We have 30,000 such garantors.

Our solutions

At BENTELER we make solutions happen – for our customers, employees and the environment. Also in 2018. Here, some highlights from last year.

Sustainability at BENTELER

The world´s population is growing. More and more people want a better life. But resources are dwindling. The BENTELER Group is doing its bit to protect the environment. It is also taking on its share of social responsibility – because we care about people and the environment. For over 140 years.

Smart Factory

Our new Smart factory in Mos, Spain, uses the latest digital technologies in production. It enables BENTELER to serve its customers faster, more efficiently and more flexibly in time, in quality and in cost.

We make it happen

BENTELER focuses on its employees. Because they are the guarantor for our success. They make solutions happen – daily. Here a few are examples of our driven professionals.

Value-based governance

BENTELER was founded more than 140 years ago. Some things have changed since our company was formed, and we too are continuing to develop. But much has remained the same. For example, our corporate values. They are the basis on which we shape the future – with courage, ambition and respect.

Responsibility for our employees

Our industry faces many challenges. BENTELER is meeting them successfully – with the commitment of our 30,000-strong workforce. As a family of driven professionals, they are the guarantors of our company’s success.

Climate and environmental protection

We are conscious of our responsibility for the environment. We therefore rely on efficient manufacturing processes and develop environmentally friendly technologies. That enables us to conserve resources and help protect the climate and the environment.

Social responsibility

We actively promote the social interests of the locations in which we manufacture. As our company grows we also have a growing social responsibility – for good neighborly relations and for a shared future.

Divisions

The BENTELER Group is organized into the three Divisions of BENTELER Automotive, BENTELER Steel/Tube and BENTELER Distribution. Business Units such as BENTELER Glass Processing Equipment enhance the product offering.

BENTELER Automotive

BENTELER Automotive offers development, production and services worldwide in the field of automotive technology. As a specialist in chassis, bodies, engine and exhaust systems as well as in e-mobility, we supply to almost all the major vehicle manufacturers.

BENTELER Steel/Tube

BENTELER Steel/Tube develops and produces top-quality seamless and welded steel tubes for the automotive, energy and industry markets. Worldwide we offer our customers solution expertise from material development to process integration – in the development of tailor-made tube products.

BENTELER Distribution

BENTELER Distribution is a distributor of steel tubes, with over 310,000 square meters of warehouse space worldwide. We offer our customers a full range of carbon-steel and stainless-steel tubes, short and flexible delivery times, comprehensive first-stage processing and customer-specific additional services.

Glass Processing Equipment

BENTELER Glass Processing Equipment develops and produces machinery for processing flat glass. Our customers come from the fields of architecture, as well as the automotive, solar and display-glass industries.

Responsibility for our employees

Our industry faces many challenges, whether from internationalization, changing market conditions or a variable economic climate. BENTELER is meeting these challenges successfully – with the commitment of our 30,000-strong workforce. As a family of driven professionals, they are the guarantors of our company’s success.

CORPORATE CULTURE

It is important for us that our employees identify with our corporate values. They can then make a significant contribution to the corporate success of the BENTELER Group. Cooperation based on appreciation and trust is firmly rooted in our corporate culture and reflected in our Corporate Philosophy and Code of Conduct.

EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT

Only a satisfied and motivated employee will perform to his or her best. Only an employee who is challenged and supported will excel. And only one who is allowed to continue developing will stay loyal. At BENTELER we see it as our responsibility to provide jobs that offer prospects and opportunities for professional development. We therefore devote a lot of time to personnel selection and provide targeted support for our employees.

HEALTH AND SAFETY

A healthy work environment is of paramount importance at BENTELER. We see occupational Health & Safety as more than just an obligation. We therefore provide a wide range of screening programs for our employees around the world. We also invest in initiatives aimed at ergonomic workplace improvements.

DUAL STUDIES: COMBINING THEORY & PRACTICE FOR SUCCESS

Since 2001 the joint program offered by BENTELER and the University of Paderborn has combined dual training with Master’s studies. 150 graduates have already successfully completed the program. The proportion of women is higher than in pure technical courses. The retention rate in the company is 90%.

FUTURE-PROOF TRAINING

Future-proof, sustainable training at the new BENTELER training center in Dinslaken: forward-looking themes such as Industry 4.0 and digitization are a permanent feature of the learning program. Waste heat from the production furnace is also used to supply all the heating and hot water to the building.

EXOSKELETON: BACK PROTECTION AT WORK

Day-to-day production entails movements that cause physical strain. We therefore use innovative technologies and since February 2018 we have been testing the exoskeleton, a support structure that relieves the strain on our employees in highly dynamic work processes. That enables us to prevent back and wrist pain and promote the health of our workforce.

BENTELER sites worldwide

OUR COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY

Disclaimer

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When you visit our websites, we store different information about browser
and operating system you use, date and time of your visit, the access
result (if you were able to access this side or received an error), the
search terms you may have entered, the functions of the website you used,
the website from which you accessed our side as well as the website you
visit after you leave our website by clicking on links on our website.
This data is used for statistical information to improve our internet
presence and adapt it to your needs.

For security reasons we also store your IP-address and internet service
provider to prevent and detect potential attacks on our website or any
attempts of fraudulent activities.

Other personal information is only processed if you provide this data to
us, e.g. via contact form, and is solely used for the intended purpose.

All collected data are only used within affiliated companies of the
BENTELER group and will never been given to third parties without your
explicit consent.

Analysis of usage data and use of analysis tool

The BENTELER Group uses the following tools to analyze your activity on our
website:

Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. (“Google”), to
evaluate the use of this website. Google is certified according to the
EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. The certificate can be found at
https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI
The operating mode “Universal Analytics” is used to assign data, sessions
and interactions cross-device to a pseudonymous user ID and thus to
investigate the activities of a user on different devices.
Google Analytics uses so termed "cookies", text files that are stored on
your computer and enable analysis of your use of the website. The
information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is
usually transferred to a Google server in the US and stored there.

Protection of your personal data
The IP anonymization feature has been activated for Google Analytics to
protect your personal data, ensuring that no connection to a particular
user can be established. Your IP will be abbreviated by Google within the
member states of the European Union or in other states that are members of
the European Economic Area before being sent to a server. Only in
exceptional cases the full IP-address will be transferred to a server in
the US and abbreviated there.

Purpose of processing
As assigned by the responsible, Google will use this information in order
to evaluate your use of the website, to collate reports on website
activities and to provide further services to the website manager related
to use of the website and of the Internet.
Reports are compiled for BENTELER on your website activity so as to be able
to adapt the Internet site to your needs.

Duration of data storing
After 14 months, the data sent by us and linked to cookies, user IDs (eg
user IDs) or advertising IDs will be automatically deleted. The deletion of
data whose retention period has been reached is done automatically once a
month.

Objection to tracking web analysis (opt out)
You can prevent the storage of all cookies through the relevant adjustment
of your browser software. However, please be advised that in such a case
you might not be able to use all functions of this and of other websites to
the full extent. In addition, you can prevent transmission of the data
generated by the cookie related to the use of the website (including your
IP address) to Google as well as the processing of these data by Google by
downloading and installing the browser plugin retrievable under the
following link:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
You can refuse the use of Google Analytics by clicking on the following
link. An opt-out cookie will be set on the computer, which prevents the
future collection of your data when visiting this website:
Disable Google Analytics

Use of the advertising functions of Google Analytics
Functions by Google Analytics which support interest-based advertising and
advertising on the basis of surfing behavior of users are used on this
website in addition to the standard configuration by Google Analytics. In
this context, Google Analytics uses a third party provider cookie from
DoubleClick for evaluating data on the surfing behavior of users on
different websites. Using these data, statistical statements can be made
regarding demographical data and areas of interest of the website users.
You are expressly advised that we are unable to access any data on the
individual user and the statistical data we use cannot be traced to any
specific user.
Some of our website visitors will have our advertisement displayed on other
websites after their visit. This type of advertisement is called
remarketing or retargeting. If you object to the placement of these ads you
are advised to use one of the possibilities mentioned above for
deactivation of the website tracking by website users. Google also offers
the possibility of independent management of cookies for setting your own
advertising preferences:
https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=en.

Further information
For further information about Google Analytics Terms of Service and
Privacy, please visit https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html or
rather under
https://policies.google.com/?hl=en

You Tube
For the inclusion of videos on our website, we use the provider YouTube.
YouTube is operated by YouTube LLC, headquartered at 901 Cherry Avenue, San
Bruno, CA 94066, USA. YouTube is represented by Google Inc., located at
1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
As soon as you visit our website with a YouTube plug-in, you will be
connected to the servers of YouTube. In the process, the YouTube server is
informed about which special page of our internet presence you visited. If
you are also logged in to your YouTube account, YouTube would allow you to
associate your browsing experience directly with your personal profile. You
can eliminate this possibility of assignment if you log out of your account
with all your mobile devices beforehand. For more information about
YouTube's collection and use of your data, please read the privacy policy
at
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=en

Transfer of personal data to third parties; social plug-ins

BENTELER use social plug-ins on our websites from social networks like
Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. When you visit our websites the social
network plug-ins are deactivated, therefore no data is transmitted to the
network. If you want to use one of the networks, you have to clock on the
respective plugin to establish a connection. If you have user account on
those networks and you are logged in when you visit our website, the
network can associate you’re your visit with your user account. To avoid
this, please log out before you visit our website.

When you activate a social plug-in, the network transfers the available
content to your browser, which integrates it into our websites. In this
situation, data transmissions can also take place that are initiated and
controlled by the respective social network. The data transaction taking
place between your system and the social network is only governed by the
privacy policy of the respective network.

As long as you do not delete or deactivate cookies, the social plug-in
remains active.

BENTELER itself will never transfer your personal data to third parties
without your knowledge and consent.

Contact with BENTELER (Contact form or e-mail)

If you contact us via contact form or via E-Mail we will safe your data for
handling reasons or for follow-up question for six months. Those data are
only used within the BENTELER Group and will not be forwarded to any third
party.

Data security and protection of your personal data

The BENTELER Group employs technical and organizational measures to protect
your personal data stored by us against accidental or willful manipulation
by unauthorized persons. Our security measures are continuously adapted to
the technical development.

Your personal information is only stored and used by the companies of the
BENTELER Group if you make it available to us. BENTELER will never
amalgamate website tracking or other non-personal data with data from other
sources without your explicit consent.

Please note that we cannot guarantee the confidentiality of sensitive
personal data which you send us via unencrypted e-mail or Internet
connection as against third parties.

Legal basis of data processing

Insofar as you have given us your consent for the processing of your
personal data, that consent is the legal basis for the processing (Art. 6
para. 1 letter a GDPR).
In addition, we process personal data for the purposes of safeguarding our
legitimate interests and the legitimate interests of third parties pursuant
to Art. 6 para. 1 letter f GDPR. Maintaining the functionality of our IT
systems, marketing our own products and services as well as documenting
business contacts as required by law are such legitimate interests.
In case of legal requirements we process also data based on Art. 6 para. 1
letter c GDPR.

Data processing by third parties

The BENTELER Group involves external service providers in the data
processing. BENTELER requires of these companies that the personal data
accumulated in the processing is used exclusively for the intended purpose,
and that adequate protection of the data is ensured in accordance with the
locally applicable data protection regulations. Contracts with external
providers will always fulfill the needs of Art. 28 of GDPR if there is
access or processing of personal data.

Your rights

Based on article 15 to 18 and 20 of GDPR you have the right of information,
correction, deletion, restriction, revocation and contradiction of your
personal data.

If you have consented to the processing of your personal data, you have the
right to revoke your consent at any time for future use. The legality of
processing before revocation remains unaffected. We may further process
such data pursuant to another applicable legal basis, e.g. for the
fulfilment of our legal obligations.

In accordance with the existing legal provisions, on request, the companies
of the BENTELER Group will inform you in writing whether and which of your
personal data is stored by us. If, despite our endeavors, incorrect
information of yours is stored by us, we will amend, block or delete this
on your request if there is no need for the fulfilment of other legal
obligations.

If you believe that the processing of your personal data contravenes data
protection or that your data protection rights has been infringed in any
other way, according to Art. 77 of GDPR you may lodge a complaint with
competent data protection supervisory authority.